Sydney’s Northern Beaches Council is holding a free information session on February 20 to help residents improve their solar power savings. The event is part of the Council’s ‘Charge Ahead’ program to tackle climate change head-on.
South Australia has completed another big battery to improve energy security – this time in Dalrymple on the Yorke Peninsula. The new facility is about one-third the size of the historic Tesla Big Battery at the Hornsdale Power Reserve near Jamestown, also in South Australia, ABC News reports.
A new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) says Australia stands to benefit from the shift to global renewable energy. The Global Commission on the Geopolitics of Energy Transformation produced the report, titled ‘A New World’.
Hepburn Shire in central Victoria is leading the state in solar installations under the Victorian Government’s Solar Savers program, the Courier reports. Hepburn Shire Council joined the program in August 2017. Since then, forty five households in the Ballarat region have joined in the program for cheaper solar panels.